Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 08:13:28 12/16/04
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On December 16, 2004 at 03:37:46, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On December 15, 2004 at 22:24:49, Alex wrote: > >>Of course it would be foolish to buy a New computer now...... Micrsoft is going >>to present a 64 bit OS nest year, the Christmas prices of new computers will >>drop like a BRICK by Jan 1.......... But ! Let us speculate.... Hmmmmmmmmmm >>What will 64 bit DO for chesss programs ....Yes yes I KNOW AMD has New processor >>that does 64 bit..... but what is the difference ..reallY? D > >Speed. > >You can expect programs to get 10-60% faster from 64 bit mode. Or 30% slower, as one of 12 Spec2k integer tests. or nothing will change -- Visual C compiler itself does not speeds up when running in 64-bit mode at all... Thanks, Eugene >This is in addition to the Athlon64 already being so fast in 32 bit mode. > >-- >GCP
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